Evolution of Quantitative Optical Coherence Tomography Angiography Markers with Glycemic Control : A Pilot Study

Aim: We aimed to analyze changes in retinal microvascularization with intensive reduction of glycated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) in patients with poorly controlled diabetes using quantitative optical coherence tomography angiography (OCT-A) metrics. Method: This was a retrospective observational study in patients with uncontrolled diabetes admitted to the hospital for glycemic control. A second set of 15 healthy volunteers was included to serve as a control group. OCT-A was performed at inclusion and at 3 months to measure foveal avascular zone area (FAZA), vessel density (VD) of the superficial capillary plexus (SCP) and deep capillary plexus (DCP), acircularity index (AI), and fractal dimension (FD). Results: This analysis included 35 patients (35 eyes): 28 type-2 diabetics and 7 type-1 diabetics. Mean HbA1c was 13.1 ± 2.0% at inclusion and 7.0 ± 1.5% at 3 months. In the short period from inclusion to 3 months post-inclusion, patients showed significant decrease in VD−DCP (28.8% vs. 27.8%; p = 0.014), a significant increase in FAZA (0.300 mm2 vs. 0.310 mm2; p < 0.001), and a significant increase in AI (1.31 vs. 1.34; p < 0.01). Multivariate analysis found an increase in FAZA was correlated with baseline HbA1c level and age (R2 = 0.330), and a decrease in VD-DCP was correlated with HbA1c decrease and diabetes duration (R2 = 0.286). Conclusions: Rapid glycemic control in patients with uncontrolled diabetes led to possible short-term microvascular damage that correlated to both initial and decreased HbA1c.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Biomedicines - 10(2022), 10 vom: 28. Sept.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ruiz, Thibault [VerfasserIn]
Dutour, Anne [VerfasserIn]
Denis, Danièle [VerfasserIn]
Comet, Alban [VerfasserIn]
Eisinger, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Houssays, Marie [VerfasserIn]
Darmon, Patrice [VerfasserIn]
Boullu, Sandrine [VerfasserIn]
Soghomonian, Astrid [VerfasserIn]
David, Thierry [VerfasserIn]
Gaborit, Bénédicte [VerfasserIn]
Gascon, Pierre [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diabetes
Diabetic maculopathy
Diabetic retinopathy
Journal Article
Optical coherence tomography angiography

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Date Revised 08.03.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/biomedicines10102421

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NLM34804089X